Challenge of the Super Friends was an extremely high profile cartoon at the time it aired, and in many ways has defined the was many of the characters on it are remembered to the general public. Whether this means the Hall of Justice or Lex Luthor's battle armor, it's influence is incredibly long reaching. One of the most popular ideas to come from that show was Apache Chief, who appeared in almost all 16 episodes. He was a pretty simple character, but a fun one. He like several other characters invented for the series, was owned by Hanna-Barbera rather than DC and so existed solely as a part of that series and never in the DC universe proper.

Manitou Raven was created by Joe Kelly and was clearly a specific reference to Apache Chief; he yells "Inukchuk!" and can change his size, among all of his other abilities. He's clearly a far more elaborate creation than the original Hanna-Barbera character, who was later re-imagined on both Justice League Unlimited and Young Justice: Invasion as Longshadow.

Meanwhile, Manitou Raven appeared in Justice League Elite, a team we're using elsewhere. We chose to place him in the Global Guardians specifically because the team is traditionally led by a magic-weilder, Doctor Mist, a character we're deliberately ignoring because he's boring. Raven, meanwhile, is intensely visually engaging, creates a wealth of history within the DC timeline, and immediately creates a level of intrigue within the team by being a representative of Native Americans rather than the government of the United States. As long as he is written with the understanding the people he represents are a very real and active community that exists today, he can be a fantastic character.